Knitted web, hosiery, and mode of making same.



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KNITTBD WEB SHE SETS

M @Y E R. W SCOTT. KNITTED WEB, HOSIERY, AND MODEDP MAKING SAME.

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smeren wein, Hosnnr, AND Mone ror' MAKING sereni Specification of Letters Patent' L snor-2, or snnns' Poner, Nnw'trnnsnr, essrenon, `nir pinnen, inserm enmnnsfsgro scorn s wrLLzAMs, INCORPORATED, ,on ,cAMn-nnnjnw: JERSEY;

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Application filed .'l'une, 1906. l. Serial 1Q o. 329,497.

To etlpwhom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ROBERT W.' SCOTT, ai

citizen `olf the United States, residing 'in Leeds' Point, Atlantic county, New Jersey,

,lieve invented certain Improvements" in Knitted lifebs, Hosiery, and Modes, oi Malring- Saune, of which the following is a specificntion. f' 3 The-object of myz invention is to produce e stocking having a seamless heel und toe and a seamless leg with shaped calf portion having n band resembling the bordering' wales, which are presented in the colf por tion of s stocking made from e dat fashioned web,v1ny improved stocking lbeing also provided, it' desired, with gussets, whereby the instep lportion of the stocking may' be hwider than the foot portion.` Certain feetures oi my invention are also applicable t0.

2G the production of seamless tubular webs having shaped portions with an'equivalent for the usual bordering wales, and intended for other purposes than the manufacture of stockings;

vln the accompanying ,drawings- Figure f l is e'view of sullicient of a stocking to illus- ,ltrnte my.presentinvention, the wales of slches being represented by single lines; Fig, is nn exaggerated view o-part of the 3o we A illustrating' one'niethod of -nshioning the seine. Fig. 3 is e similar View, illustrutu ing another method of e'ecting such. fushr lening operation, and Fig. 4t is e diagrsmmatic view representing the arrangement of needles in :i knitting1 machine devised for the carrying out o my invention.

Referring in the first instance teilig. 4 of the drs-wing,` the smell circles numbered from l to 72 inclusive, represent the cylin` 40 dei' needles of n circular *knitting machine,

provided with means for knittingseamless heel nnd toe poclets'and the letters from a to (y and from a' to (7 inclusive, represent iieshioning needles which`Y operate in zin' annulsr t inl surrounding; the .cylinder above the top ot the seine, whereby these needles drew stitches in the seine direction us the cylinder needles, and hence produce s plain web. the machine 'in this respect being dis.

5G tinct i'rom oneuof the rib type, in which the diei needles nre located on the inside of the cylinder mid drew stitches in e, direction opposite to thsit vin which theostitches are drnwnby thecylinder needles.` Supposing that a stocking isbeinglniitted yupon aima- M chine of this character, the knitting .begins atthe toe portion of the'stockin'gLwith"thecylinder needles only in operationv,the first step being to form fewcoursesoflstitches upon all of the cylinder needles/thin'. to 69 throw ohe-half of saidjneedles'say for nstnnce those from 19 130.54, inclusive, out of operation while permitting them to retain the loops of stitches formed uponthem, Jcti-eindfro knitting being then resorted to' upon 65 the remaining needles and 'the webbeing' fashioned by first narrowing. andI #then Y widening uponthe -end needles ofl theset in the well known rnannertov produceva seamless pocket, which being completed, thencedies from '19 to 54 are brought into action and tubular web for the foot-of thestockin is produced, this operation continuingr until it is desired toA introduce gussets forflwidening-the instep portion of the stocking'. -1'l`he75` stocking has widening wles't/ for shaping the calf portion of the stockingand other. widening wales y forming gussetsl in` the foot portion, and .outside .of therwidening wales 1f in the ca-lf'is e hand and outside 80 of the widening wales 7/ a narrower band a, each of these bands consisting` ofv 2Lv series or group ot' continuous parallelwales which resemble the bordering f'nles formed on the edges or' the hat web from which the ordi- 85 nary full fashioned stocking is made, consequently,,althoughin my improved stockingf the wales comprising the bands .r and fcn-re part of s continuous tubular web and lnon "nre produced. The needles upon which the gusset wales are yformed are those indicated f et c, Y), u and 5, the needles from c tog and c `to g inclusive, being` 'those which 'forni 100 the widening wales in the calf portion-of the leg ot the stocking. The cylinder needles l',

".2, Tl, und .Til are those upon which the bordering' wales .rif are produced, and tlL cylnr l`der needles 1 to 16 a, b, 67 to 72 and a', b are those'upon which the bordering Wales a:

are cluslve, being s1 inding Wale needles. The needles a, produce the gusset wales on one side of the foot of the stocking, and the nee.

dles a. and'b produce said gusset wales on the otherfside of the foot, hence a. descr1p tion of the operation as conducted upon the needles (L and 7) will be su'fiicient.

Supposing `that the foot tube has been A knitted as far as the course-s in Fig. 2, the

needle a adjoining the bordering Wale needle 2 is first caused to engage astitch of Wale 3 in course r which precedes course s, and in forming course t said needle a receives the knitting yarn and draws a .stitch 1f in said Acourse t, thus Widening said course to the extent of one wale. After any desired number of courses have been yknitted including` This operation may take place say at course u. When another Wale is to be introduced,

f sayafter the formation of course w, the

needle a is again caused to engage a stitch lin Wale 3, but in the course preceding course fn, and. in the formation of course lw, -said needle a receives the knitting yarn and draws the stitch fw in said course, the fabric-being. thereby widened to the extent of two wales. The formation of the seamless heel of the stocking isthn proceeded with by throwing out of action the needles from 19 to 54 but permitting them to retain their stitches and knitting to and fro upon the needles from 1 to 18, from 55 to 72, and upon the needles a, b, and ,a/, b, first narrowing and then widening upon'any desired numbery of end needles of the set, until the desired heel pocket has been produced, Whereupon theneedles from 19 to 54'1are lagain Aput into action, and the production of tubu; ar web for the ankley portion ofthe stocking is proceeded With. -When it is desired to widen the tube for the calf portion of the stocking the same operations as those before resorted to for the production ofhthe gusset Wales are repeated in ,connection With needles c to g and c to g', the needle c vbeing first introduced in the same manner as before described in connection with the needle a to =form the first lWidening Wale, `which, after the desired number of courses has been knit, is transferred from the needle to the needle 7, the stitch on the latter being transferred to .the needle 8, and from the latter to the needle d. the latter thus receiving the extra Wale and the needle c being left empty. For the second Widening, the needle o is introduced to form the extra Wale and Ievase; s

produced, .he needles from 7 to 66,',in-`

the stitches Aare then transferredwas follows.: Fromcto,7t 8,8to d,dto9,9to10,

and 10 to e, the latter'thus 'receiving .the exs',

tra Wale, and the needle c again being left empty, and these operations are repeated in introducing the successive wales, the transfen of stitches on the'next operation extending to the needle f, and on the final operation to the needle g, the needle c on introducing the fifteenth widening Wale retaining the same and knitting being conducted upon all lof the needles for the formation' of theleg portion of the stocking.

In producing a web of the character shown in' Fig. 3, a somewhat different method of operation is resorted to. Supposing that' the last course s of the narrow web for the foot tube has been produced, primary widening needle o, receives yarn. in" knitting the next course t, although it is, by

preference, introduced.between the first two standing Wale needles 3 and 4 instead of between the outermost standing Wale needle 3 and the adjoining bordering Wale needle 2, in order that it may cross its stitch with that of the Wale 3, as shown at t, in Fig. 3,

'and thus preventthe formation of an eyelet hole. After the desired number of courses have been'V knitted stitchesare transferred from a to 3, 3 to 4, and 4 to ,1), (in course u,

dering Wales being less than the number of bordering walesin the shaped calf.

The" use of one leg-fashioning needle for every two cylinderneedlesis preferred, because it is the customary practice in knitting Womens stockings'to narrow the web to the extent of one-,third of the number of Wales contained therein; It will be evident, however, that more "or, lesstof these' leg-fashioning dial needles may be employed without departing from the essential features of my invention, and; the number of gusscting needles may also be varied inlike manner,

-but these gusseting needles should. never extend beyond the bounds ofuthe ycentral group tion in knitting the heel, otherwise they would intcrferewith the fashioning .of said heel.

While I have shown my invention as einbodied in the production of a stocking, and while I especially claim this roduct, my invention may also be adopted) in the manuo at the next '120 `of cylinder needles which are always in. ac-

facture of shaped, tubular, seamless Webs, With bordering Wales on the shaped portions, and intended for other purposes than stockings, for instance, for making the legs of drawers, the sleeves of shirts, and the like.

The number and disposition of the needles shown in the d'raWing are purely arbitrary, and the operative machine Will have a greater number of needles in each set than are here shown.

I claim 1. A shaped, seamless, tubular Web having bordering Wales and Widening Wales, each of the latter being introduced alongside of .the innermost of the bordering Wales, and having a closely drawn primary loop or stitch.

,2. A machine-knit stocking having a seamless foot, seamless heel and toe pockets, and gussets adjoining the front of the heel pockets, and consisting of Widening Wales, each introduced alongside of the innermost of a series of bordering Wales.

8. A machine-knit stocking having a seamless leg, With shaped calf having bordering Wales, and Widening Wales introduced alongside of the innermost of the bordering Wales, and each having a closely drawn primary loop or stitch.

4. A machine-knit stocking having a seamless leg, with shaped cali having bordering Wales, a seamless heel. and Widening wales introduced alongside ot' theA innermost of the bordering wales azi-fl eachohaving a closely drawn primary loop or stitch.

A machine-knit stocking .having seamless leg and foot, seamless heel and toe pockets, a shaped calf W-ith bordering Wales, and Widening Wales introduced alongside of the innermost of the bordering Wales and each .having a closel Y drawn n'imar loo or stitch. I 6. A machine-knit stocking having a seamless leg and foot, seamless heel and toe pockets, a'fividened shaped calf With bordering Wales, and a gusseted portion With bordering Wales, the Widening wales for said calf and gusset being introduced alongside of the innermostof the bordering Wales.

7. The mode herein described of producing a shaped, seamless, tubular Web, said mode consisting in knitting a narrow web upon a series of needles, some of Which are employed to knit bordering Wales and others of Which are operated to knit continuous standing Wales, knitting the-Widening Wales upon a second series of needles, starting each Widening Wale upon a secondary needle adjoining the innermost bordering Waleneedle of the- First set, and afterward transferring said Widening Wale to a standing Wale needle of the Widening set.

8. The mode herein described of producing a shaped, seamless, tubular web, said mode consisting in knitting a narrow Web upon a series of needles, some of which are employed to kni't bordering Wales and others of Which are operated to knit continiious standing Wales, knitting the Widening Wales Widening Wale upon the secondary needle adjoining the innermost f bordering Wale needle of the first set, and afterward transferring said Widening Wale, by a progressive operation involving needles of eaeh set, to another needle of the Widening set.

9. The mode herein described of producing a shaped, seamless, tubular Web, said mode consisting in knitting a narrow Web upon a series of needles, some of Which are employed to knit bordering Wales and others of Which areoperated to knit continuous standing Wales, knitting the Widening Wales upon a second series of needles, starting each W1dening Wale upon the secondary needle adjoining the innermost bordering Wale needle of the rst setl by causing it to engage With a stitch of a course preceding that upon an adjoining standing Wale needle, and .atter- Ward transferring said Widening Wale to a staniling Wale needle of the first set and thence to another needle. of the Widening set.

10. The mode herein described o'f producing a shaped, seamless, tubular Web, said mode consistinglin knitting a narrow Web upon a series of needles` some of Which are employed to knit bordering Wales and others -of Which are operated to knit continuons each set, to another needle of the Widening set.

In testimony whereof, l have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

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Witnesses:

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of the first set and thence to another needle upon a second series of needleshstarting each' standing Wales,-knitting the Widening Wales' progressive operation involving needles of- 

